6 Inch John F. Kennedy (White) SC-001-092

John F. Kennedy became the country’s first Roman Catholic president. His administration made significant advances in American civil rights by discouraging racial discrimination and in world peace by maintaining the Western Allies’ access to West Berlin, successfully defusing the Cuban missile crisis, and developing the Peace Corps.

“Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.” These words stand as Kennedy’s memorable commitment to inspire patriotism in Americans. Kennedy was the youngest man elected to the presidency; on November 22, 1963, he was the youngest to die by an assassin’s bullet.